Parasitic plants and other botanical “misfits”
Taking a look inside these botanical rebels offers new information to better understand them.
Tag: parasitic plants
Even in juvenile stages, mistletoe can adjust its physiology according to its host
Impact on the tree varied depending on whether it was deciduous or evergreen
The parasitic plant Cuscuta sets up barriers to some minerals when infecting a host
If the parasitic plant dodder taps its host with a straw, then it’s a specialised straw than can filter out some nutrients that the plant isn’t using.
When a plant loses photosynthesis, what else does it lose?
One of the common features of plants they make their own food. But what happens inside a plant when they stop making their food and eat something else?
Host specificity in parasitic plants – perspectives from mistletoes
Complexities of orchid seedling establishment (Viewpoint)
A better understanding of germination and seedling establishment is needed for the conservation of vulnerable or threatened orchid populations.
The positives of parasitic plants(!)
Parasitic plants tend to get a bad press. Unfairly?
